No fun, Vancouver? I beg to differ! What could be more fun in the summer than the Vancouver Ice Cream Festival? Even more fun is the fact that more vendors are offering vegan options than in the past. We only touched a few this year, having visited others last year.
Just south of Robson on Homer is the interesting little place, Le Parfait. This is a Lebanese Creperie serving Lebanese dishes, waffles, crepes and other sweets. Worth a visit and offering vegan options for the VICF!
This was the Trio Fruity Cup, 3 scoops of different fruit-flavoured ice creams with a cotton candy topping. Loved the cotton candy! Well, loved the ice cream too, but we rarely get cotton candy!
This is not like a vegan paradise or anything, but at least there are a few vegan ice cream flavours.
On Water Street just west of Carrall, we checked out Chocolat Favoris. We became literally kids in a candy store here. This is not just an ice cream place (they have vegan soft serve) but they have all kinds of sweet treats for now or later.
We enjoyed our treat outside on this sunny at one of the little tables set up by CF.
This was an Ice Cream Float, and we chose Mango and Pink Lemonade Sorbet. It was a perfect cool treat. We had to slurp slowly to avoid brain freeze.
We've reported on Level V Bakery/Whisk Matcha Cafe before, but not in the Ice Cream Festival sense of the word. Located in the vegan triangle on Kingsway near 8th, it is one short bus ride from Main Street Station. This place is a vegan paradise in the truest sense.
Their first featured item was the Matcha Matsuri Set. This is housemade matcha banana bread creme brulee toast with a side of ube soft serve. More than a little tasty and an impressive presentation, especially with the splash of gold leaf.
The second featured item was the Softi Floatie. This was an iced latte with more ube soft serve. We could have had it with matcha soft serve. This was all very delicious, but keep in mind that if you are eating purple food, you should probably wear a bib. I'm just saying.
They are not just about ice cream and lattes here. There are enough savoury and sweet baked selections at this all-vegan establishment that even the pickiest eater can be satisfied. We also scarfed down a Crunchie Sandwich, which featured avocado and soy floss. The soy floss is a unique ingredient similar to pork floss that is often used in Chinese dishes (but no one gets murdered). Delicious, and we have to figure out where to buy it.
The only thing that they really need here is more space and tables. The staff are pretty efficient at handling the lineup up but at peak times, they can get backed up. Great place.
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I am feeling like my blogging days have run their course. I have never made money off of it, but I feel like now that I have become vegancentric, it serves as my weak form of activism. Still, if no one reads it, there is no point in my getting stressed out.
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